Friday, April 15, 2016

Ostentatious lifestyle of glamour couple upset neighbors ...object to an air-conditioned house for Italian soccer agent, his girlfriend and their gold plated Bentley

'Italian
football agent and his glamorous girlfriend – who drive around in a
gold Bentley – has infuriated their neighbors with plans for an
‘industrial-sized’ air conditioning unit'

‘Rich kids of London’ post images of their luxury lifestyles on instagramThey have already installed a cinema and sauna in a giant basementBut their plans for air conditioners on the roof have sparked angerCouncil officers say the plans should be allowed with conditions on noise

Giovanni
Santoro, 26, and his Galina Genis, 27, have built a reputation in the
upmarket neighbourhood as so-called ‘rich kids of London’. They eat at
gourmet restaurants, shop in expensive boutiques and holiday in the most
fashionable resorts.
But the high-living couple’s latest plans for
their $7million (£5million) home have provoked anger among locals, after
they unveiled proposals to install large air conditioners on the roof
of the four-storey Victorian home.

Giovanni
Santoro and his Russian girlfriend Galina Genis have angered neighbours
in Notting Hill with plans for large air conditioners on the roof of
their four-storey home

The couple have
already installed a cinema room and sauna in the basement, to
construction of which neighbours described as ‘digging down to
Australia’.
Those who have lived in the area for longer than Mr
Santoro and his glamorous girlfriend object to the positioning of the
air conditioners and the noise they fear they will produce. Martin Edge,
whose flat overlook the property, said the equipment was more suited to
‘a commercial unit or on an industrial estate’.
In his objection to
the council, he wrote: ‘I can not think how any one who craves peace
and quiet in their home, would allow external air conditioning so close
by. I oppose the application as strongly as possible.’
Another
local, Helene Cassaigne added: ‘At the moment if people are talking on
the terrasse, and if I am in the kitchen the window being closed, I can
hear all the conversation.
‘So probably I shall hear the noise coming from the air-conditioning equipment… I am not in favour of this new project.’

The plans were originally withdrawn in the face of local anger, but
have been resubmitted to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Officers of the local authority have now recommended that the air
conditioning units be given the go-ahead, subject to conditions placed
upon noise.
Ms Genis told London’s Evening Standard: ‘I don’t want
to be involved in anything that makes the situation or the conflict with
neighbours worse. I want to stay out of it.’

The couple, who also have a large basement beneath their home, have applied to install the air conditioners

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